Quotes About Acceptance of Things You Don't Like

Long range studies imply that doing something with other people, especially something for them, is the most powerful of all stimuli to longevity and health. Jon Poppy

Is there something that you could do today for someone else?? As much as you would rather not do it, you will feel a sense of calm when you look back. :)

A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives. Jackie Robinson
Today's thought... did you make an impact on someone's life today?

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden
I guess that makes a lot of sense because the alternative is a whole lot worse. Look for the positives in any situation. They might be buried lol, but they are there somewhere if you keep digging.

Thoughts for an early Saturday Morning

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. Cyril Connolly

And that goes for the temperature too. I wasn't planning on going for a walk this morning because it was just a wee bit too chilly, but the sun is shining, it isn't raining (finally) so there really isn't an excuse. And who knows who you might run into!!

Hope that you have a great day too! Get out there and go exploring!!

The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun (9780061583254): Gretchen Rubin: Books

Curled up with a good book in front of a fire so that I can work on a little happiness... works for me.


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Early Morning Coffee Cake

Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons milk


Directions
I like to use a metal bowl... just seems to work better for me, but the choice is yours. Choose your favorite bowl (relatively large and then cream the butter and the sugar together until it if fluffy.

Now add one egg at a time and keep beating to incorporate each egg.

Sift together the flour, baking soda, nutmeg and the salt and then add to the butter/sugar/egg mixture alternating with spoonfuls of sour cream.

Butter a 13x9 inch baking dish and then pour in the batter.


Now for the crunchy part... combine the sugar, nuts and cinnamon and sprinkle over the batter. All the hard part is done. All you have to do now is cover it with foil and sit it in the refrigerator over night.

Climb out of bed before anyone else and remove the soon to be baked cake batter from the fridge. It is going to need about a half hour to warm up. When the time has passed, slip the baking dish into a moderate oven (350 degrees) and bake for about 30 minutes. Check the center of the pan with a strand of spaghetti to see if it comes out clean. If so, remove from the oven and allow to cool for about ten minutes or so.

Just before serving, make up your "icing" which will consist of powdered sugar and milk and drizzle it over the warm cake.

Baking breakfast coffee cake doesn't get any easier than this!!


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Early Morning Calm

There is just something about early morning that makes everything seem right with the world. Just maybe I need to get up a little bit earlier.